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Fun City vs. Fear City

Fun City vs. Fear City

Digging into the New York movie with Jason Bailey

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Jul 04, 2025
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Hope you enjoyed Tuesday’s newsletter that took an initial stab at creating a canon of 2020s New York City movies with Jason Bailey!

Movies That Define '20s NYC (So Far)

Movies That Define '20s NYC (So Far)

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Today, I cede more of the floor to the expert himself. Jason’s book Fun City Cinema pulls double duty as a great-looking coffee table book that’s fun to visually peruse and a whip-smart look back at a century in New York as…

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